HillSide Christian School is a non-denominational Christian school that is affiliated with the HillSide Church. It provides schooling from 3 year old Kindergarten to Year 10. It is currently seeking approval to offer Year 11 to 12. HillSide currently offers secondary schooling to 30 Year 8 to 12 students. There are 300 students in the school and is growing at about 44 new students each year. They come from homes that are supportive of the ethos of the school and generally but not always live in the local area. The school is located in a semi-rural environment in the Perth suburb of Forrestfield (about 20km from the CBD). The Christian faith and ethos is central to everything that we do because staff members want students to hear the great meta-narrative that is Christianity and examine its role in their lives. The school produces overall learning outcomes that are often above the national average (as measured by NAPLAN), but it also offers an inclusive environment for all students. As well as focussing on all curriculum areas, the school emphasises The Arts, Christian Education, and Physical Education. The school is undergoing an extensive building program but believes that its past and current success has been due to its culture of nurturing and belief in our children and this is a product of the type of people who we employ and our priorities regarding student care. That is, a safe school employs safe people. In the past four years the school has built six (6) new classrooms in the primary school and six (6) new classrooms in the secondary section (including a Hospitality room). A library/IT building has been constructed and is surrounded by an ampitheatre. In 2011, two (2) new classrooms will be built and the existing demountable classrooms will be moved to the secondary school and renovated as general learning areas. The school curriculum is currently under review and HillSide has written draft curricula to create a pathway to effectively implement new national curricula in classes. Other curricula..